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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Marlee's parents say Judy has to do in order to be able to go to school?
(a) She needs to do online courses.
(b) She needs to move to Pine Bluff to live with their grandmother.
(c) She needs to go to a local private school.
(d) She needs to be home-schooled.

2. What drink does Marlee associate her mother with?
(a) Hot black tea so strong she is almost coffee.
(b) Coke.
(c) Mountain Dew.
(d) Warm milk.

3. What does Marlee routinely do to try to calm herself when she is anxious?
(a) She bites her nails.
(b) She counts prime numbers in her head.
(c) She pulls her own hair.
(d) She whistles.

4. How does Marlee cut her finger when she and Judy go to the rock crusher?
(a) On a knife.
(b) On a sharp rock.
(c) On a bit of barbed wire.
(d) On a blade of grass.

5. What is Marlee's favorite subject?
(a) Art.
(b) History.
(c) English.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlee's mother say when she finds out about what happened with Liz?

2. What does David tell Marlee about college that he does not tell anyone else in the family?

3. What does Marlee like about Mr. Harding on the first day of school?

4. What does Liz bring with her the first time she meets Marlee after she is forced to leave school?

5. What is the name Marlee uses when she telephones Liz?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Governor Faubus orders the schools in Little Rock to close, how do Marlee's parents react to the news?

2. What does Marlee's fear of jumping off the high dive in Chapter 1 represent?

3. How does Liz give Marlee her phone number so only Marlee will know what it is?

4. How does Marlee find the courage to get up in front of the class to do her presentation even though Liz is not there?

5. Why does Marlee decide to stay in Mr. Harding's room instead of going to the cafeteria for lunch after Liz leaves school?

6. Why does Marlee decide to give Liz a chance and agree to work on a school history project with her instead of with her usual partner Sally?

7. What does Betty Jean tell Marlee about some of the reasons Negroes try to pass as white?

8. Why do Marlee's parents tell Judy and Marlee that Judy has to move to their grandmother's house in Pine Bluff?

9. Why does Marlee's father refuse to let Judy go to a private school?

10. Why does Marlee choose to remain friends with Sally, even though Sally sometimes makes fun of her and mistreats her?

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